REJECTS THE
PEACE PLAN.
England Declines Netherlands
Offer to Intervene-
Mc Majesty Has Considered Nether
lands' Proposition and Indicates
No Hope of Chanfe.
tendon. (Special.) The British gov
ernment replied to Dr. Kuyper, the
Dutch premier, that the Boers In the
ieU desired to negotiate for peace, ne
(tlattons can be entered into, but
saly in South Africa. The British
government adheres to Its intention
t to accept the intervention of any
Sreis;o power.
The text of the reply of Lord Lans
ar, the British Secretary, to the
flv?anvtanicatkn of the Netherlands, is
louows:
The Foreign Office, Jan. 29, 1902.
s"er: You were good enough to lay
hefere me, Jan. 25, a communication
trm The Netherlands government in
Uth it was proposed that, with .he
ejet of bringing the war to an end,
his majesty's government might grant
safe conduct to the Boer delegates
mmm in Holland for the purpose of en
acting them to confer with the Boer
a4rs In South Africa.
It is suggested that after a confer
sce the delegates might return to
Europe with power to conclude a
eaty of peace with this country, ano
Tfce Netherlands government intimate
In this event they misht, at a
Jfcttr rihge, be instrumental in placing
r Boer plenipotentiaries in relation
with plenipotentiaries who might be
pointed by his majesty" government.
The Netherlands government inti
asate that if this project commends
"elf to hr majesty's government
ey will Inquire of the delegates
Wrwther they are prepared to make
Cave suggested visit to South Africa
M may, therefore, be Inferred that the
ssmmunication I received was made
SB the responsibility of The Nether
em as alone and without any of the
Seer leader.
His majesty's government has given
its test consideration and whilst
mtutlj appreciative of the motives
ef kSBUmlty which led The Netber
laaUs government to make this pro
posal they feel they must adhere to
he position adopted and publicly an
asonced by it some months ago. that
a jm sot its intention to accept the In
tervention, of any foreign power In
the South African war.
Ssosld the Boer delegates themsel
ves desire to lay a request for a safe
eooduct before his majesty's govern
asent there is no reason why they
e-iotrld not do so. But his majesty s
government is not in a position to ex
cess an opinion on any such appli
cation until they have received It. and
r aware of the precise nature and
greunds whereon the request is made.
I rusty, then-fore, point out that it
"M not at present clear to his majesty's
government that the dclt-gates retain
a fly Influences over the representatives
mt in ftoers in South Africa, or have
say (wt in their councils. They are
tafed by The Netherlands govern
Jrn.t to have no such li tters of cre
ases or instruction of a later date
Stova March, l;Ki. His majesty's govern
sweat. on the ether ha ml. understood
ZtMt aU the powers of government, in
ji&riing these of negotiation, were no'
fsmpteteiy invested in Mr. Steyn of
the Boers of the Orange River colony,
mmi Mr. Sballberger of those of the
TraasvaaL If this is so. it is evident
! the quickest and m.-1 salisfKC
cy mea-ns of arranging a settlement
-id be by direct communication
Vttween the leaders of the Boer forces
A South Africa and the commander-aa-ebwf
of his majesty's forces, who
ks already been instructed to forward
aaioedlately any offers he may receive
lor the consideration of his majesty's
government.
in these circumstances his majesty's
Wtrsiwot has decided that if the
keer leaders should desire to enter De
collations for the nuiDotw at briiiaiiur
W ttr mJ elii, tuuSa ftcgftvlaf ko&
aat not take place, not in Europe,
it h South Africa.
it should, moreover, be borne in
sund that if the Boer leaders are to
eeeapy time in visiting South Africa
fc ooiututlinr with Floor lea dec In tH
Seld and In returning to Kurope for
tk purpose of making known the re
Saits of their work, and a period of
at least three months would elapse,
iwrtng which hostilities mould lw pro
longed and much human suffering,
perhaps needlessly, occasioned.
48ignd.) LANMWNK.
KITH PUZZLE EK8USH PREMIER.
London (Special.) Lord Salisbury,
the premier, unveiled s life-sized statue
of the late queen at the Constitutional
club.
Speaking at a dinner after the un
veiling, the premier referred to the re
cent Dutch note In a tone, for him, of
unusual flippancy. He said that
doubtless some of his auditors thought
it but a trick to catch a cabinet min
ister and extract from him some In
formation concerning that abortive
ci-isis which had lately filled columns
in the newspapers. He doubted, how
ever. If they would extract much. For
himself, he was unable to lmaglneTYfieT
object of the Dutch, for whose friend-
ARE STRICT
ON CARRIERS.
ly feelings he had the greatest admi
ration, but he could t.ot see the precise
object they hoped to gain by this cu
rious step.
"There is no longer any question of
sentiment," continued Lord Salisbury.
"We have entered upon a matter of
business which we must push forward,
What we are now seeking Is security.
Any peace which recognizes fully the
rights of the sovereign and gives us
security for the empire we should ac
cept, not only with willingness, but
with delight. It is useless to tell us
to behave so as to leave a pleasant
recollection In the minds of those with
whom we are fighting. The oniy result
that can compensate for the sacrifice
of blood and treasure Is that for the
future there shall be security in that
part of the empire on which the ambi
tion of Mr. Kruger has poured the
abundance of sorrow and desolation.'
Industrial Commision Advocates
More Rigid Rate Laws.
Recommends Policy of Sotting Aside
Forest Reserves Already Inaugu.
rated and Rural Service.
CAPTURE SEN. OEWET'S LAST 6UN.
London. (Special.) The British pur
suit of General Dewet has been suc
cessful to the extent that his last gun
has been captured and Commandant
Wessels, one of his principal lieuten
ants, has been routed. Lord Kitchen
er sent the news In a dispatch from
Pretoria, as follows:
"Byng's column, w hile proceeding to
ward Liebeiibui g lei, after a night
march, attacked and routed a consid
erable force of the enemy under Com
mandant Vessels. We captured a Im
pounder and a pom-pom taken from
Firman's cotumn.and also a Boer pom
pom, which was the last gun DeWet
had, and three wagons of ammunition,
ISO horses arid 100 miles. The Boer
casualties were five men killed, six
wounded and twenty-seven men cap
tured.
"Among the killed was Field Cornet
Weasels. Among the prisoners is Cap
tain Muller of the Staats, Artillery.
The enemy was scattered. Our casu
alties were slight.
Jhe National bcouts, near Middle-
burg (Cape Colony), captured thirteen
prisoners, Plumer, near Amersfoort
(Transvaal), captured seven prisoners
and 500 head of cattle. General Gil
bert Hamilton captured thirty-two
prisoners."
SUBMIT PEACE NOTE TO THE BOERS.
Wads Guilty of Forgery.
Tiffin, O. (Special.) Russell Drake,
She absconding Insurance agent who
Was captured in Mexico after a two
'cease, , pleaded guilty to the
oharge of forgery and was sentenced
tfc the penitentiary tor seven years.
Brake claimed, Just before being sen
taseeeV that be ha J been led to the
ertsoe because of financial straits, and
CewlaJanrd any criminal In ten L He is
sssdisposc dto consumption and may
set Uvt to serve his time out. The
Mai amount of his peculations is
London. (Special.) In the house of
commons Mr. Balfour, the government
eader, announced that copies of the
orrespondeikce exchanged between the
government of the Netherlands and
he government of great Britain, on
the subject cf pvace in South Africa,
had been mailed to Lord Miiner, gov
ernor of the Transvaal and Oraiig.-
River colony and high commissioner of
uth Africa, who would be instructed
to ask Lord Kitchener to communicate
the contents to the Boer leaders In
the field.
iir. Chamberlain, the colonial secre
tary, added the information that if the'
leaders of the Boer fortes proio-d to
Ltud Kitchener negotiations for settle
ment, the proposal would be forwarded
lor the consideration of the government.
TUBERCULOSIS SPREAD BT CATTLE.
Washington. D. C (Special.) The
industrial commission has submitted
its final report to copgiess. It is a
document of more than 1,000 print -d
pages. The first part deals with the
progress of the nation, agriculture,
mining and transportation. Recom
mendations are made on the subjects
of transportation and agriculture. The
commission advises as to transporta
tion: That the policy of government su
pervision and control of railroads as
originally laid down in the senate com
mittee report of 1M.S and embodied the
following year, In the interstate com
merce act, be revised and strength
ened. Such legislation should provide:
More stringent regulation of the
conditions under which freight airi
passenger tariffs are published and
filed. No rate or classification oucht
to be rnangrd without at least jij.ty
days' notice to shippers, unless pe
ciricaiiy authorized by the Interstate
commerce commission.
STRICT ADHERENCE TO TARIFFS.
That strict adherence to published
tariffs be required and that rebal-s
and discrimination be prevented by an
increase of the penalties. That the
long and short haul clause in section 4
of the act of 1SS7 be strengthened by
special order of the interstate com
merce commission.
For a specific grant of power to the
interstate commerce commission over
classification, both to items ami
grouping.
Coupled with this, however, we dis
sent from the section of the so-callel
Cullom bill requiring the interstate
commerce commission within a certain
period to promulgate a uniform classi
fication for the United States. For
the establishment of a permanent corps
of expert auditors who shall have au
thority under the supervision of the
interstate commerce commission to
examine periodically the accounts of
all railroad companies, whether oper
ating or financial. In their nature.
PROH 1 BIT Dl SCRIM I NATION S.
That railroad companies be prohib
ited by law from making lower freight
rates upon imports billed to the in
terior of this country, in connection
with ocean transportation than other
wise, than are made on similar arti
cles from the seaboard to the interior
or than are made from one Inland
point to another w here the distant e is
not greater.
It makes the follow ing re onirnenda
tlons: That the secretary of agriculture be
given authority
To inspect dairy products Intended
for export and to certify their grade
and quality. ,
To fix standard grades for cereals,
bas-d on season o? growing, quality j
and weight f r measure, ami w hen in-
tended for export to inieft and cei -I
tify the same.
To cause a tot k, cars and slock yards
to be rleanxed and disinfected when
ever he considers such action neces
sary. To make adequate regulations pro-
HATCH PHELAIOI CHBESE fJESTICI.
Washington. D. C. Special.) James
D. Fhelan, recently mayor of Sin
Francisco and one of the California
commissioners appointed by the, gov
ernor to represent the state before
committees of congress here, was a
witness before the house committee on
foreign affairs.
Referring to a statement by Minister
Wu that "labor agitators'" were behind
the Chinese exclusion movement, Mr.
Phelan declared the overwhelming sen
timent on the 1'acltic coast In favor
of exclusion, as show n by referendum
votes, a unanimous press, unanimous
deiegartpiis In i-oiigiet-w and
A BILL TO
ANNEX CUBA.
Measure Provides Union First as
Territory Then as State.
u na n-
imous exclusion convention. On the
other side, he said, were the Pacific
.Mall Steamship company, the Cana
dian railways, the Chinese diplomatic
representatives, seveial retained attor
neys and returned missionaries, who
urged no public reason for the admis
sion of the Chinese and who had final
ly agreed to the renewal of the
Heal) law for two years, when, it is
stated, the treaty of 1M4 will expire.
In conclusion he said: "The attor
neys for the Chinese advocate the re-
enat tment of the Geary law for two
years, because, in case of a decision
from the supreme court favorable to
them, the law will be valueless for
which it was designed by conjtrss,
viz: Ihe exclusion of the Chinese ctKiiie
laborers. We are dealing with people
who are trained to the evasion of law
and for twenty jears the government
has been endeavoring to circumvent
their evasions."
Recommends Twenty-Five Per Cent
Decrease in Consideration of Pre
ferential Rates to U. S.
ELEVEN KILLED IK GAS EXPLOSION.
Chicago, 111 (Special.) F.leven per
sons were instantly killed and twenty
three injured by an explosion of ga
last nighl. which w rei ked two build
ings at Twenty-second street anil Ar
cher avenue, and inflicted a property
lor's of ..fl,(nKi or T."..oii.
Fit ven bodies w ere recovered from
the ruins by a force f policmen and
firemen, who worked aii nij;!it.
The cause of the explosion is not yet
satisfactorily explained. It is suppos
ed to have resulted from escaping gas
In the bast nvnt of the three-story
frame building occupied by the butch
er shop of Otto Troste, whose family
lived upstairs.
The explo.-icn tame with a deafening
roar, which senit d to come from di
rectly beneath the Trcstel houe. Al
most at the same time, the cover of
the manhole, half a block south, was
thrown high in the air. and was fol
lowed by a sl!-t of flame which shot
upwards to the i isht of 100 feet. The
Trostel house, whith was already tot
tering, caught fire, and In a few sec
onds was enveloped in flames. liefore
jthe frightened inmates could escape.
the entire building collapsed.
The gas nu:in were tilled with
names and blazing columns of fire Is
sued from other manhole along the
street. The two-story building atljj.in
ing the Trostel house was al.-o de
st royed.
A number of perstvi In the vicinliy
were tut by flying glass or km'ked
down by the force f the explosion.
One street tar was thrown off the
track, but titme of the passt-ngers were
injured.
LEASE CF INDIANS GBAZittS LANDS.
Washington, l. C tSpeciul.) Pa
er were served today on Secretary
Hiithcotk and Indian Commissioner
Jones by the supreme court of the
Iit'lct of Colombia askinj; them to
show cause w by they should not be
restrained from approving oitain
Ifuws for Indian g-axing lands in
South Iaknta. Iita.:ing In the case
will lie held February U. The officials
hibltlng the shipment of unint:te: w V.i be issued by the court. They as
or diseased meat from one stale to an-j sett that they have acted in accord-
Kansas City, 5So. (Special.) In a
paper read before the Central Short
horn Breeders' association, Secretary
of Agriculture Wilson called attention
to live tact that tubeiculoets Is being
spread in the I'nited Stales by cattle
imparted to imnrove the hrMH In tto 1
country. He suggested that Great fr port a"d ,h"ji" "
Briuun s example of Shutting down on I 100 of t1"- '" -
- . j inspected nursery slot k and for rule
luc nutvitatHm v& vvc u r.C," p C '
: UU'J eg uiw i lotij. m juvrrn tfir imjKjr-
other or to foreign countries.
To require and direct the proper dis
position of diseased meat.
That a more comprehensive penalty
clause for shipping diseased meat be
enacted.
That a law b enacted to provide;
For the inspection of nursery stock
intended for Interstate commerce tr
; latton ol diseased, lnfeclej or utun-
followed.
The t heor v that It is niwM,, r. in
have 'fresh blood" from Kurop ,n'i-
order to maintain the standard of the! That ,h "'""m ot fre rural d"iv
American herds is, he contended, a fai-' e" b'" "t""" recommended by
lacy, pure and simple. j th P"""""" K'"eral in his latest
; annual report,
That the policy of setting aside for
: est reserves already inaugurated be
A1 r. wuson waw u tit cur- i w pm
ent personally, and has paper was read
by (Jeorge M. Hummel!, an expert of
the department of agriculture.
NEBRASKA BANK IS VICTIMIZED.
Fremont, Neb. (Special.) The Fre
mont National bank and several busi
ness bouses are looking for a middle-
aged, smooth faced man, slightly pit
ted with smallpox.
extended and that the three bureaus
of the government whith have charge
of investigations and administrative
work connected with forestry be consolidated.
Upholds Inspection Law.
Denver. (Special) The supreme
court has handed down a derision up-
y sTsssHm Oh
CHb, 1s. fteet. IbJ Ts en tint faat
4 ef Otwt Mrler. a rsUresd brake-
kk wife sad tvs easi
er escepine: feel
to Ike
&Bf , 1 yean ef as, eesJ. the
ease sad feaad
I
I Mm
This individual, giving the name ofjhola',1" ,h Hvesto. k Inspection law
A. Morse, deposited a draft for lioO ' P"8 by the legislature in this sute.
on the federal government at the ! tM rendered Iti the case
bank, representing that he was the r H- Rwd' who ruhe.l cattle
steward of s eologki surveyine: i ,nto ,hi Mat Uom T'x" for ,he
party, which was soon to make Kre- j PurPw f testing the law. The sen
mont temporary headquarters. tlr!tM,ce oi nit mon,h" ,n ,he '"ounty Jail
he deposited a forged chck with the '" rU-id was also affirmed. Held
name of E. J. Cosies of Grsnd Island j " Y the leading Uvesto. k
signed to it. organisations of the country, w ho
He paid several bills about town " claimed that the federal Inspection
with checks on the Fremont bank and
Tuesday evenlnc decamped.
laws superseded those of a Mate.
For Carnegie.
New Tork (Special ) The Carnegie
Laboratory of engineering;, connected
with the Stevens Institute of Technoi-
WaehJnctoa, D. C (Special.) Sen
ator Ha nsb rough of North Dakota ad
dressed the senate oa his bill appro-
priaUn the receipu from the sale ef ear. at Hobo ken. was formally dedl
pabttc land la certain states and ter- ' taxed with Interesting exercises. At
rl lories to the oonstraction of Irrira- ' a banqoet held in the evening the
tie works for the reclamation ef arid guest of honor was Mr. Carnegie, who
leads. He claimed that the prep est a year ago gave the trueteea of the
was sot a sectional ooe and said Institute PK.MS with which the labo
ratory was bailt. Set In a solid stiver
the BBedel of the nrst T" rail sat-
M3 aatoi by eM Jeas SteveaS was sre-
wel mtXZ tp& C-M Irj fUJ t JBf, CWMfle. -
Unite with th jaw a,,,) tj.j the ob
jff lion of the f re r.t plan f lea-ii.g
I lands at Standing Hock conns crily
from a small minority of the bund.
It is stated that the Indians at this
agency, in count II as tnbled. approved
the leasing proposition, and that the
objectors were heard from only after
bid were calrd by ativ ertis nieM in
the newspapers. Indian Commissioner
Jones had another bearing before the
Reflate comnilUee last night.
The South irnKKta aeiegunon is not f
uiiiK-d in cpsitin to the basing of
Indian grazing Jari'is in that stale.
Senator Klttredg" s.ild that he atl n
caled tH basing of lands, but that
some change- might well be made in
the ditri ts as murked out by the of
flciales. Representative Hurke is oje
posed to the principle.' He say It will
delay the opening of Indian lands In
the state and thus retard its full and
complete development.
Washington, D. C (Special.) Rep
resentative Newlantls of Nevada, of
the ways and means committee, who
was the author of the resolution an
nexing Hawaii, has introduced a
joint resolution, inviting the republic
of Cuba to become a part of the
United States, first as a territory and
then as a state of the union, to be
called the state of Cuba, also author
izing a 2". per cent reduction of duty
on the present crop of Cuban sugar.
In consideration of Cuba's granting
preferential rates to the United States.
The resolutions confine the 15 per cent
reduction of duties to the period prior
to January 1, 1901.
The provisions as to annexation are
as follows:
"In the meantime the republic of
Cuba is" Invited to become a part of
I the United States of America, and her
United Stales, with the assurane
that Cuba will be entitled at first to
a territorial form of government under
the constitution and laws of the
United Slates, with a delegate In con
gress to represent her people, and that
ultimate statehood will be granted,
when, in the judgment of congress,
it Is advisable to admit Cuba, includ
ing such other West Indies belonging
to the United Slate as may be deem
ed advisable, as a single state in the
union, to be railed the state of Cuba."
Mr. New lands in explanation of his
resolution said:
All those' who have apfieared to
voice Cuba's needs and requirements
have indicated that an invitation to
cuoa oi annexation would be ac
cepted. "Annexation by force would not be
justified. It must be accomplished, if
at all. by the free act of the Cuban
people. At present there is no ma
chinery in Cuba by whit h the popular
will tan be tested, but the Cuban con
stitution has been adopted. The Cu
ban congress wjll meet In February,
a Cuban government will be organised
and the United States will then leave
the government and control of the is
land to its people. Cuba then will tw
in a position to express her will and
it is only , necessary to tide over the
present emergency by a temporary
measure, such as I have introduced,
reducing the duty on Cuban sugar
one-forth for one year and Inviting
Cuba to become a part of the Unlled
States under a territorial form of gov
ernment, under the t (institution, her
people to become citizens, not sub
jects, with the ultimate result of stat-
btKKl.
"In coming into our political union
(una win secure immediately the
highest dfgrtre of freedom and with it
a large market for h r varied pr o
ducts. These prtalui ts vvol not
threaten our siifur industry so ser
iously as tiny would under reciprocal
trade relations, lor the reason that th
restricted labor laws of this) country
will apply ant! wiil laie the co"t of
p'oibif Oon to sut h J!fi extent us to
prevent over.siiinaiion of h-r irrdii'
tries, while her supplies will be boiiKht
In trie ,i(-h prut-ittd niark-ts of this
country, instead of the cheap markets
of the world. I niuh prefer pohti .il
tl.llon.for that Involves th M-st kind of
commercial union that tan be estab
lished between the two tountiles. Sm ii
annexation Is entirely in line with the
traditional i-olit y of the country.
When the time for statehood com s
Cuba, Porto lido and other West In
dian Islands in our possessions can be
Incorporated Ir.to the union as on
state, thus doing awny with the dan
ger of over-teprcsentj.tion tn Ihe senate.
UTA8ATICI II OA LA THUS.
ties Moines, la. (Special.) Tb Ju
diciary committee of the senate has
reported a bill to the senate which
looks to the prevention of a large
nmount of threatened litigation over
land titles In Iowa. The bill legalizes
transfers of land where the husband
has signed the name of the wife under
a power of attorney, and prevents a
claim by the wife for her dower inter
est therein because of her failure to
personally sign the deeds. It has re
cently been decided by the supreme
court that the wife's dower Interest
cannot be disposed of by the husband
!ciing under power of attorney from
the wife. This haslriedn)e way to -a
vast amount of litigation, and a
number of suits have been commenced
to recover dower inttrest In lands thus
transferred. The senate committee bill
does not affect any pending litigation,
but as to alt other matters corrects .
the evil.
fiL'ILblNC FUND FOR AMKS.
A bill was presented in the senate
by Fitchpatrick to give the loa
State college at Ames a permanent
building fund raised by a tax levy of
one-fifth mill on all the assessable
property of the statj. This Is to meet
the demands of the state university
for an Increase In the university
building tax to the same amount. The
state college people are asking that
their institution be placed on an
eguallty with the one at Iowa City.
President MacUean of the state uni
versity appeared before the senate
committee on ways and means and
made an argument in favor of the tax
levy increase. He represents that on
account of the fires the university is
in pressing need of more buildings.and
that there Is not sufficient coming in
on the one-tenth mill levy. The uni
versity Is actually in need of buildings
now, not considering the probable
growth of the institution, costing mora
than tl.OOO.fJOO.
BILL CARRIES OUT SHAW'S THEORY.
Washington. (Special) Itepresenta
tlve I'ugsley of New Tork, a member
of the house banking and currency
committee, has Introduced a bill on
the general lines of Secretary f-'haw's
letters respecting the deposit of sur
plus government funds under certain
conditions with national banks.
The bill invests the secretary with
wide discretion In the deposit or re
call of the treasury funds, but author
izes him to make deposits with na
tional banks having not less than
1)00,000 capital and surplus of tlOO.OOu
of such portion of the surplus treas
ury funds above $'u.000,000 as may
seem proper to prevent absorption ot
money in the federal treasury.
No on bank is to receive deposits of
more than &0 per cent of Its combined
capital and its surplus. Unless United
States bonds are deposited as securi
ties the banks shall pay interest on
government deposit of not less than
2 I.r cent per annum. These deposits
are made a first lien on bank assets.
The bill specially provides that it
shall not affect existing depositories.
The aulhor of the bill estimates that
under it the government surplus
would be deposited with um banks.,
instead cf the com pa ; ltlvcly small
number now entitled to hold govern
nit nt fund.
WANTS COM PAUL KRUStR TO COME.
SHOULD HAVE DEUANGES IXDEPEnCEXCE
REFUSES TO PAR00I THE YOUkSERS.
Ft. Paul. Winn. (Special )-The state
board of pardons has denied the ap
plication of the Younger brothers for
a full pardon. The principal reason
given is that they are on parole under
a special Icgl lullve act, and that no
decision should be made In such a case
which could not be properly followd
in other cases. The application Is con
sidered premature, as the Toungers
have been on parole only about seven
months, and the board states that It Is
opposed to setting a precedent In such
cases, excepting where special and ex
traordinary facts exist.
Washington. t. C. (SiK-cial.) Poi
nter Senator William K. Chandler, in
a letter Just made public, says that
on of the mistakes made by the gov
ernment prior to tne fp;intri war was
In nt demanding the independence of
Cuba. No demand of this kind, he
says, was ever made.
He praises those Americans who were
for an Immediate war at tne time the
negotiations were going on. saying that
the haste prevented a coalition of
Kuropean powers.
In conclusion, the senator heartily
approves the attitut) the democrats
took in forcing the wsr.
New Vork. (Speall.) Former Min
ister to Spain Stewart L. Woodford, In
commenting on former Senator Chand
ler's letter, says It Is true that he
never demanded the Independence of
Cuba front lhe Ppsnlsh government
prior to the war. because the cortes
the only body having the right lo
grant It, was not then In session. For
other reasons, also, he says, the de
mand would have been Impracticable.
Wimpps' Klok Costly.
Ottumwa. la. (Fpeclal.) Thomas J.
P. Phllllis, late democratic candidate
for governor of Iowa, tn open court
here pleaded guilty to the charge of
right To Death Over a Pie.
Butler, Pa.-Hpecll. Word has
been received from Hllppery Rock. Pa.,
of the death recently of Ernest Mor
row from Injuries received in a brawl
kicking Editor Robert H. Moore on the t the restaurant of Johnathan flnea-
H..KIL- -.a.- Ikia .4.. .1 '
e-e.- 'r wn- then. A dlsputt arose over the pay
IMVIM I1V JU1M MAla tn .haw M
of ttt and costs. The peace bond un
der which Phillips was held was then
dissolved. Moore now has s K.00Q suit
pending to the district court which
was today Mrtfait far next Wednes-
day. -
meat of s bill for pies snd In the fight
list followed Bnesthen struck Morrow
over the head, crushing his skull,
aaeatben clslms the killing was In self
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and surrendered to the au-
MorroWi father Is one of
pre't smb (a Butler
Wahlngton, U. C (Special .)-Ilep-rtsentaflve
Cochran of Missou-i has
Introduced in the house this resolu
tion :
solvej, by the senate and the
houc. That Hon. Paul Kruger. presi
dent of the South African n public, is
hereby iiivn.-.i to visit the United
Slates a the guest of the country at
nich lime as may suit bis ci.n.eni
tnce. For the del r timer,! of the ex
penses incurred In liis ciu.-i taiiunetil
in this country the sum of t.,ow or
o much thereof as may be necessary
is hereby appropriated out of any
money in the tu-usuiy not otherwise
appropriated.
lM-lcgate Wili-ox of Hawaii introduc
ed a bill increasing salaries, as fol
lows; President of the United States. 1100,
cabinet o!IUets, Sli.WK) each; mcm
U rs of congress. IU,W0, vice presi
dent, I'.S.Ow). Another bill by Mr. Wil
cox fixed the salary of the governor
of Hawaii at Iti.ouo. with a schedule of
salaries for various other Hawaiian
officers.
'liie bill "to promote the flicienr y of
the revenue cutter service" was acted
ui-on ravoranty by tne nouse commit
tee on commerce. It establishes the
ink of officers in the service, ihat
of captain being the same as major in
the army and lieutenant commander
In the navy. Hetiicment at the age of
S4 yiais at three-fouiths pay is pio
vide dfor. Admiral Melville, chief of
engineers of the navy. apeartd before
the committee Snd siiouijy advocated
;ne bill.
The house commit ti e on merchant
marine and fisheries repotted the sen
ale bill equalising the lnrtectiiig fees
and privilege of foreign ships enter
ing our ports with like lees arid privi
leges fixed by the countries from
which these vessels come. The bit! ap
plies more particularly to Canada,
which charges certain Inspection fees
to American vessels, whereas Canadian
vessels heretofore have pid mi such,
fees In American ports.
Angus Bull Breaks fteeord.
' Chicago. (Special.) The Aberdeen
Angus bull. Prince ito, sold st auction
at the Union Htork yards, Chicago,
brought the record price of W.IOO. The
highest price for an Angus bull ever
reall fixed In the ring before was f.1.4!.
The ilerefords made the previous
highest record In twenty years with
the bull Perfection, wfilch brought
S.M.
M. A. Judy of Wllllsmsport, Ind .wss
the owner of Prince Ito, which was
sold to B. P. Pierce A Son ef Crests,
. . St j 'iff)
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